She was pale and depressed.

She received Miss Garth's remonstrances with a weary inattention; explained carelessly that she had been wandering in the wood; took up some books, and put them down again; sighed impatiently, and went away upstairs to her own room.
"I think Magdalen is feeling the reaction, after yesterday," said Mrs.Vanstone, quietly.

"It is just as we thought.

Now the theatrical amusements are all over, she is fretting for more." Here was an opportunity of letting in the light of truth on Mrs.
Vanstone's mind, which was too favorable to be missed.

Miss Garth questioned her conscience, saw her chance, and took it on the spot.
"You forget," she rejoined, "that a certain neighbor of ours is going away to-morrow.